And then, in the 70s, smooth mellow yacht-rock with perfect feathered hair and perfect multi-tracked vocal harmonies gave way to the intentionally flawed and hy

And then, in the 70s, smooth mellow yacht-rock with perfect feathered hair and perfect multi-tracked vocal harmonies gave way to the intentionally flawed and hyper-naive sound of punk. Punk was a breath of fresh air for anybody fed up with the suffocating blandness and sterility of over-produced perfectionism. Authenticity became the thing. Not coincidentally, these kids embracing this new style today are the children of Generation X who created punk, while millennials who favored the "Instagram style" are the children of yacht-rockin' boomers. It's science.